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Published April 12. 2021 5:49PM By
When the Foxwoods Resort Casino opened in 1992, followed a few years later by the Mohegan Sun, the leaders of the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes realized that they did not have the skills and experience within their ranks to get these casinos on their feet. Both turned to those with gaming backgrounds.
Funded by Chinese Malaysian investors, Foxwoods was led in its early years by G. Michael “Mickey” Brown.
Sol Kerzner, a South African responsible for development of large resorts across the world, headed up the Trading Cove Associates venture to fund the construction of the Mohegan Sun casino and get it up and running. He handpicked William J. Velrado to direct the casino operations.
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The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe announced a third Spa at Norwich Inn location was opening Wednesday in the Graduate Providence Hotel, formerly the Biltmore Hotel, in downtown Providence.
The venture, a “strategic partnership between the tribe, AJ Capital Partners and Graduate Hotels, has been in the works for two years, the tribe said in a news release. The tribe operates the Spa at Norwich Inn in Norwich and The Norwich Spa at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
“With three unique destinations sharing one brand . we re excited about our new partnership, Rodney Butler, the Mashantucket chairman, said in the release. “The Norwich Spa brand standards focus on high levels of customer service and attention to delivering the best spa experience possible.”
Published February 11. 2021 5:18PM
John S. Johnson
It’s with great pleasure that I write the newspaper to not only refute disparaging information provided by David Collins’s column Feb. 9 , but to also talk about the mud-slinging campaign he is waging against the Connecticut Port Authority and its members. It’s uncalled for and serves no purpose other than to undermine the efforts of the authority to rebuild State Pier for the betterment of all of Connecticut – not just New London.
But let me address his accusations and innuendo about my ownership of a 35,000-square-foot commercial building on Crystal Avenue in New London. I have owned that building since 1999, have paid my fair share of taxes, and employed as many as 50 people when I owned a machine shop that I relocated from Essex. To read about Collins accusing me of a conflict of interest by sitting and voting on the port authority makes my blood boil.